# Lucide, release history and use on real websites.

Open-source icon library with 1500+ icons, a fork of Feather Icons. Provides consistent, minimalist SVG icons with support for React, Vue, Svelte, and other frameworks. The standard for modern UI projects.

- **Status:** Modern. Actively developed with a growing community.
- **Category:** [UI Libraries](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui)
- **First release:** 2020
- **License:** ISC
- **Latest version:** 1.70.0 (6 Nov 2026)
- **Official website:** https://lucide.dev
- **Documentation:** https://lucide.dev/guide/
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide
- **Page:** https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/lucide

## Lucide on audited websites

1,958 of the 16,845 websites audited by be1st run Lucide (12%). That ranks it #1 of the 25 technologies in UI Libraries we have seen in audits.

### Websites running Lucide vs all websites

- **Web score:** 77 (all websites 72)
- **SEO:** 80 (all websites 79)
- **Security:** 64 (all websites 59)
- **Performance:** 81 (all websites 72)
- **AI Readiness:** 29 (all websites 31)

### Most used in UI Libraries

1. [Lucide](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/lucide): 12% (1,958)
2. [shadcn/ui](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/shadcn-ui): 7.7% (1,303)
3. [Radix UI](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/radix-ui): 6.6% (1,107)
4. [React Hook Form](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/react-hook-form): 5.6% (949)
5. [React Router](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/react-router): 5.0% (838)
6. [Redux](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/redux): 2.3% (386)
7. [TanStack Query](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/tanstack-query): 1.9% (324)
8. [Emotion](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/emotion): 1.9% (319)
9. [Three.js](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/three-js): 1.7% (285)
10. [Styled Components](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/styled-components): 1.5% (258)

## Lucide versions and release history

2 release lines since 2020, as listed by the npm registry. The latest version is 1.70.0, released 6 Nov 2026.

| Version | Released | Latest release | Releases |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 23 Mar 2026 | 1.70.0 (6 Nov 2026) | 72 |
| 0.x (before 1.0) | 2 Dec 2020 | 0.577.0 (4 Mar 2026) | 634 |

Sources: [npm registry, package lucide-react](https://www.npmjs.com/package/lucide-react), checked 8 Nov 2026.

## Other technologies in UI Libraries

- [Chart.js](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/chart-js): 1.4% of websites
- [Zod](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/zod): 1.3% of websites
- [MUI (Material UI)](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/mui): 1.2% of websites
- [Zustand](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/zustand): <1% of websites
- [DaisyUI](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/daisyui): <1% of websites
- [Chakra UI](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/chakra-ui): <1% of websites
- [Headless UI](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/headless-ui): <1% of websites
- [Framer Motion](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/framer-motion): <1% of websites
- [Ant Design](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/ant-design): <1% of websites
- [Mantine](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/mantine): <1% of websites
- [Recharts](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/recharts): <1% of websites
- [D3.js](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/d3-js): <1% of websites

[All 28 in UI Libraries](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui)

## Questions about Lucide

### What is Lucide?

Open-source icon library with 1500+ icons, a fork of Feather Icons. Provides consistent, minimalist SVG icons with support for React, Vue, Svelte, and other frameworks. The standard for modern UI projects. The be1st catalog lists Lucide under UI Libraries. License of Lucide: ISC.

### What is the latest version of Lucide?

The latest version of Lucide is 1.70.0, released 6 Nov 2026 (source: npm registry, package lucide-react).

### How many websites use Lucide?

1,958 of the 16,845 websites audited by be1st run Lucide (12%), as of 8 Nov 2026.

### When was Lucide first released?

Lucide was first released in 2020.

### Is Lucide still a modern choice?

Yes. Lucide counts as a modern technology. Actively developed with a growing community.

### What are the alternatives to Lucide?

Technologies that do the same job as Lucide include Heroicons and Font Awesome.

Numbers: latest audit of each of 16,845 websites audited by be1st, as of 8 Nov 2026.